Walker, a safety, will move to LB

12:37 AM,
May 14, 2013

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The University of Kentucky football team landed its seventh 2014 commitment on Monday night from well-regarded Baltimore-area linebacker Kobie Walker - a pickup from a part of the country UK is not known to have had much recruiting success.

The pledge from Walker, 6 feet 4, 214 pounds, boosted UK's class to No. 15 in the team rankings of Rivals.com. Walker is from Our Lady of Good Counsel High School in Olney, Md.

"I don't think anybody has ever come out of Baltimore to commit to Kentucky," Walker said. "? I feel good. It started a trend to hopefully get some more guys out of the area and my school to go ...